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Purse.io Closing Down

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Re: Purse.io Closing Down

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Sad to see, they were a pioneer.

Of what?

of... it's quite a mouthful.

> On Purse, when you name your own discount, it is fulfilled by Earners- individuals who wish to exchange their Amazon gift cards for your cryptocurrency. As a shopper, you can reach for deeper discounts by trading delivery speed for savings.

Source: Their about page. Quite a mouthful. Should've "died" a long time ago.

Re: Purse.io Closing Down

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Sad to see, they were a pioneer.

Of what?

for... its quite a mouthful.

> On Purse, when you name your own discount, it is fulfilled by Earners- individuals who wish to exchange their Amazon gift cards for your cryptocurrency. As a shopper, you can reach for deeper discounts by trading delivery speed for savings.

This is from their about page. "Earners" "crypto" "amazon" "discounts" "savings" all come together in 1 neat site that died quickly

Re: Purse.io Closing Down

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One thing I wish when companies were closing down is keep most of their website up so I can see what they offer. 3/4 of the announcements like this I can’t see what they did.

Their site still seems to be up. I don't quite understand what they do but it's still running

https://purse.io/how-it-works

Re: Purse.io Closing Down

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Sad to see, they were a pioneer.

Of what?

Getting other people to order stuff from Amazon for you, and pay them in bitcoin...

Looks like a way to order bomb ingredients without leaving a financial trail... Can't believe there's a big enough market for that...

Was there any other benefit to this service?

Re: Purse.io Closing Down

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One thing I wish when companies were closing down is keep most of their website up so I can see what they offer. 3/4 of the announcements like this I can’t see what they did.

if you head to purse.io you can see what they offered, right below the jumbotron header.

> Shop & Save

> Search for items or browse our curated categories. Add to Cart and Set Your Discount at checkout.

> Import Wish List

> Import your Amazon Wish List to quickly checkout. We'll keep track of items you add for easy reuse.

> EARN

> Not shopping? Earn Bitcoin by fulfilling Shoppers' Amazon orders.

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